Newly created challenges via API automatically removed

[adamreisnz]

Describe the bug
Creating a new challenge using the API endpoint POST /api/v1/challenges successfully creates a challenge but automatically removes it from the list after ~5 seconds

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a new challenge using the API to POST /api/v1/challenges
2. Use the JSON as per below
3. Observe that the challenge appears in the list on https://beta.online-go.com/play
4. Wait 5 seconds or so
5. Observe that the challenge automatically disappears

JSON used:

{
    "initialized": false,
    "min_ranking": -1000,
    "max_ranking": 1000,
    "challenger_color": "random",
    "rengo_auto_start": 0,
    "game": {
        "name": "Test challenge",
        "rules": "japanese",
        "ranked": true,
        "width": 19,
        "height": 19,
        "handicap": -1,
        "komi_auto": "automatic",
        "komi": null,
        "disable_analysis": false,
        "initial_state": null,
        "private": false,
        "rengo": false,
        "rengo_casual_mode": true,
        "time_control": "byoyomi",
        "time_control_parameters": {
            "main_time": 900,
            "period_time": 30,
            "periods": 5,
            "periods_min": 1,
            "periods_max": 300,
            "pause_on_weekends": false,
            "speed": "live",
            "system": "byoyomi",
            "time_control": "byoyomi"
        },
        "pause_on_weekends": false
    }
}

Expected behavior
The challenge remains in the list until removed

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Additional context
Tested using https://beta.online-go.com
The exact same challenges created via the UI remains in the list indefinitely until cancelled.

[anoek]

For live games you need to maintain a connection with the websocket, without that the server reasons your browser has gone away and will remove the live challenge.

For correspondence games that's wot the case.

[anoek]

In specific you'll need to mimic what the official client does for keeping challenges alive: https://github.com/online-go/online-go.com/blob/devel/src/components/ChallengeModal/ChallengeModal.tsx#L715

[adamreisnz]

I'm creating a challenge via the API, this doesn't use web socket connections?

E.g. I'm intending to use these methods for game management/control: https://ogs.docs.apiary.io/#reference/games/game-movement/make-a-move-in-a-game

Where can I find documentation about the socket implementation?

[anoek]

You'll need to use the websocket protocol for any game playing (and live challenge keep alives)

If you're going to roll your own websocket implementation https://docs.online-go.com/goban/modules/protocol.html is probably a good start. https://github.com/online-go/goban/tree/main/src/engine/protocol for the typescript defs themselves.

[adamreisnz]

Thanks, I'll have a look into those.

Does the socket protocol still require an oauth application to be registered etc? Does it use the same authentication mechanism as the API with access tokens?

[anoek]

You get a jwt from your oauth process and pass that in as part of the authentication process for the websocket

[adamreisnz]

The token I got from the OAuth process doesn't look like a JWT, it's just a short 30 character random string.
Is there a different OAuth endpoint which issues JWT tokens?

[anoek]

mm, yeah not the oauth, from the https://online-go.com/api/v1/ui/config that you would get after you're authenticated